How will El Niño and La Niña affect Washington's winter?

Do you know what El Niño or La Niña are and how it affects the region's climate during the winter? KOMO's newest meteorologist George Waldenberger breaks it all down.
For more on the lead story: komonews.com/s...
_______________
Stay up to date with our social media:
KOMO News on Facebook: / komonews
KOMO News on Twitter: / komonews
KOMO News on Instagram: / komo4
KOMO News on TikTok: / komo4seattle
Subscribe to KOMO on TH-cam: / @komonews
Watch more top local news stories: • Video
For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit www.komonews.com/
Watch our live newscasts and other live video at komonews.com/w...
Download our iOS App: itunes.apple.c....
Download our Android App: play.google.co....
Have a news tip? Send it directly to us:
Email us: [e-mail]
Call the Newsroom: 206.404.4000
KOMO News (ABC 4) provides the latest breaking news, sports, weather, traffic, and local event coverage in the Seattle and Western Washington/Puget Sound area including Bellevue, Redmond, Renton, Kent, Tacoma, Bellingham, Yakima, and surrounding communities
#komo #komonews #komo4 #komo4news #seattlenews #washingtonnews #weather #winter #elnino #lanina #storm #rain
George Waldenberger
This video and all Sinclair Broadcast Group content archives of local news and sports coverage are available for your use. For more information contact us at [e-mail]

[@awen777]

In my long life as a farmer it is generally true that they can't get the weather right more than about 5 days out. Averages don't mean much over the winter when you have one or two anomalies where it drops to an unprecedented 6F and you are expecting no lower that 22F. The damage is done!

[@ThatGirl-ku5dq]

Climate change.

[@alldog222]

Ty and all farmers

[@jackcooper4936]

I miss Steve Pool….

[@scottcates]

Ditto

[@drmorqWarrenProject]

yeah.... local news and weather had a special meaning back then... Kathi Goertzen and the old sports guy along with Dan the lead...

[@cmat4106]

There are more questions now than answers

[@davebonar1]

Are you a politician ? Will let us know as the days progress

[@MaddogMike-444]

So, then this year is which?

[@AthenDeValius]

Quick check online, seems El Nina is more likely this coming winter.

[@epicfail5707]

Quick check online, seems La Nina is more likely this coming winter.. lol

[@go_dawgs_8290]

We’ve been in El Niño the past couple years prolly this winter will be El Niño with the latter half being La Niña influenced and next winter being fully La Niña. That’s just what I would assume from the single other video I watched on this lol, I’m no scientist

[@Ravenzpeak]

La Nina

[@freewheelburning8834]

cooler than average not cooler than normal

[@gabrielmayorga6972]

this year is La Niña. (:

[@corvetteguy1980]

I hate windstorms and snow

[@JKNT0101]

Thank you!

[@ThatGirl-ku5dq]

It’s science people.

[@alldog222]

Well, looks like Im gonna just have to look out the window.

[@photome1224]

And we had an El Nino for the summer, which we where told was supposed to bring warmer weather. Just how did that shake out for us? This summer sucked! It was cold, short, and wet! You folks couldn't predict the weather the day AFTER it happens. Let alone weeks, months, and most definitely not years in advance.

[@yordanpopov]

July was one of the hottest on record.

[@photome1224]

Don't know where you are at, but we sure didn't have a hot July. Most days were under the normal for June, July, August, and September. And also one of the wettest I can ever remember.

[@yordanpopov]

@@photome1224 there is the stats for Seattle. July almost had no rain either.

[@photome1224]

​@yordanpopov July 30th alone we had almost an 1" of rain! many areas had well over and inch. For the first time that I can ever remember we had urban flood watches issued! Most days where in the low 70's for hights and we had over night lows in the middle 40's!

[@go_dawgs_8290]

@@photome1224no clue where you live. I was baking here in the Midwest and local townships had to go on drought watches and enforce water conservation regulations

[@princesspamela1959]

All that to say Nothing...

[@wrsawy]

So which El what? uh?

[@Limon-yt8iz]

Thats that big ole clump of plastic waste management dumps into the ocean

[@outlawbillionairez9780]

El Nino was sent here from a Venezuelan insane asylum.

[@Nick-rn7uh]

I stopped listening after the tenth circle and now I'm confused dumb it down a notch not everyone is a cloud climber expert

[@JohnSmith-k1x]

Thank god for fast forward these idiots talk too much, it takes this guy 7 min. to tell you in 1 min. what will happen. Hey maybe he is talking more in order to get through to the stupid people.

[@stevetaylor5404]

I will just look outside. I’m tired of hearing this nonsense. Every year we hear the same thing.

[@phlapjax]

This is super cringey; but not in a tolerable fun Bill Nye The Science Guy kind of way.

[@richardbennett9700]

Good explanation. Well done. Now, what the hell is happening this winter?

[@Fogwoman]

Good gawd - freakin’ boring!!

[@drmorqWarrenProject]

Are we in an El Nino situation now?

[@outlawbillionairez9780]

El Don't Know.

[@CalvinBiefeld]

Nope...La Nina now..Will likely last 5 or 6 more months.

[@drmorqWarrenProject]

@@CalvinBiefeld I guess we can look forward to sa blustery and wet winter here in Everett.. thanks

[@epicfail5707]

Sorry, but I fell asleep during the explanation, so I have no idea.

[@outlawbillionairez9780]

@@epicfail5707 no one understands it, so we gave it a catchy Mexican name, instead .

[@candacemaxwell1961]

Really boring dude🥱